Description
The LayerSlider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's ls_search_form shortcode in version 7.11.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Published: 2024-05-23
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-44186 The LayerSlider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's ls_search_form shortcode in version 7.11.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
History

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:layerslider:layerslider:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Layerslider Layerslider
Wordpress Wordpress
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:47:41.239Z

Reserved: 2024-05-06T21:41:33.534Z

Link: CVE-2024-4575

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:47:41.239Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-05-23T11:15:24.443

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2024-4575

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-13T21:07:07Z

Weaknesses

No weakness.